News EPA Announces State WIFIA Program EPA announced the 2020 notice of funding availability under the WIFIA program, including funding for the new State infrastructure financing authority WIFIA (SWIFIA) program. This new program, which was authorized by Congress as part of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) of 2018, offers low-interest loans to state water… Read More »
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ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 3 (Week of January 21, 2020)
News EPA, Army Announce Final WOTUS Step 2 Revision On January 23, the EPA and the Department of the Army finalized the “Navigable Waters Protection Rule” (i.e. Step 2), the latest action in defining “Waters of the United States.” Similar to the proposal released in September 2019, the rule delineates 4 categories of waterbodies that… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 2 (Week of January 13, 2020)
News EPA Holds Webinar on EnviroAtlas This week, EPA held a webinar on EnviroAtlas, an interactive web-based decision support suite that provides geospatial data, easy-to-use tools, and other resources related to ecosystem services, their stressors, and human health. The webinar focused on recent updates made to EnviroAtlas and highlighted examples of how EnviroAtlas has been… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 23 (Week of June 24, 2019)
News CEQ Issues Draft NEPA GHG Guidance The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued draft guidance clarifying the treatment of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in environmental impact reviews of federal projects under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). CEQ is accepting comment July 20, 2019. The new guidance replaces Obama administration guidance that… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 23 (Week of June 18, 2018)
News ATSDR Releases Toxicological Profile for PFAs The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (“ATSDR”) announced the release of its ATSDR Toxicology Report profile evaluating 14 per- and polyflouroalkyl substances (“PFAS”). The preliminary analysis found that certain exposures to PFOAs and PFOS could pose greater risk levels much lower than a previous EPA analysis concluded. … Read More »